Coming Together (Tortuga Event)
05-17-2014, 02:24 PM
Qanik |
Her ploy had failed - Qanik had gained a grip on his leg but failed to overbalance him and found herself in a somewhat precarious position with her head held low and her forward movement stalled. Aldoro jerked forward, nearly unbalancing her, and she quickly reset her defenses. Her stance was corrected to be slightly wider than shoulder and hip width, her paws squared, her knees bent nearly to a crouch with her muscles tensed and ready, weight evenly distributed. Tail flagged to the level of her spine for balance and her shoulders rolled forward, head pulled back as well as she could without losing her grip, hackles raised, eyes narrowed and ears still pinned to her head. Her toes spread and tensed into the cold earth beneath them both for added balance and grip. She felt the sharp sting of teeth as Aldoro reached to grasp her scruff and tugged at it. She flinched as he chewed, and a faint growl of protest rose unbidden from her chest at the pain, but long years as a warrior had given her the experience to fight past it. The wound was minor anyway, her neck protected by her hackles and the loose skin and fat of her scruff. His obvious intention was to get her to release her hold on his leg... which she was happy to oblige. She let go and dropped her head and body slightly more into an almost-crouched position before immediately reversing direction and pushing off with her coiled foreleg and shoulder muscles, propelling her head upwards once more with the intention of her head colliding with Aldoro's sensitive nose or muzzle, but either way effectively bringing her head and shoulders back above his reaching foreleg. As she did she used her momentum to pivot her body, trying to bring herself into more of a fully perpendicular position, aiming a bite - hard enough to bruise, not slice - toward the upper right side of his neck. Speech Round: 2/2 Defenses: widened stance, paws squared, knees slightly bent, weight evenly distributed, muscles tense and ready to move, tail at the level of her spine, shoulders rolled forward, head pulled back as much as her grip will allow, hackles raised, ears pinned, eyes narrowed and brow furrowed. Attacks: attempt to headbutt Aldoro in nose/muzzle, bruising bite aimed toward upper right side of neck Injuries: minor puncture wounds to scruff Out Of Character Notes: Thanks for being patient, Floofie, while I sorted things out. Should be good now. |